How do you guys do it?
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Sonora CA
How do you guys do it?
I'm trying to torque the bolt that holds the balancer on my 73. Even with the sparkplugs in it crank wants to turn. How do you guys keep the crank from turnning?
Team Owner
Joined: Apr 1999
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From: Reno Nevada
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I have never TQ it with a foot pound measuring device. I have a manual tranny. So I left the car in gear and put a 1/2 inch breaker bar on the grade 8 damper bolt to tighten it once. It snapped the bolt off flush with the crank snout. It took me a couple hours of cussing to EZ-Out the hardened bolt.
I learned to just make it tight with a lock washer and call it good.
When I have assembled motors on stand I have put a big screw driver through a flex plate and hit the damper bolt with a 3/8th air gun turned down to sub 50 #'s. So it could be done the same in a car with an auto tranny.
I learned to just make it tight with a lock washer and call it good.
When I have assembled motors on stand I have put a big screw driver through a flex plate and hit the damper bolt with a 3/8th air gun turned down to sub 50 #'s. So it could be done the same in a car with an auto tranny.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Orange Park Florida
I have never TQ it with a foot pound measuring device. I have a manual tranny. So I left the car in gear and put a 1/2 inch breaker bar on the grade 8 damper bolt to tighten it once. It snapped the bolt off flush with the crank snout. It took me a couple hours of cussing to EZ-Out the hardened bolt.
I learned to just make it tight with a lock washer and call it good.
When I have assembled motors on stand I have put a big screw driver through a flex plate and hit the damper bolt with a 3/8th air gun turned down to sub 50 #'s. So it could be done the same in a car with an auto tranny.
I learned to just make it tight with a lock washer and call it good.
When I have assembled motors on stand I have put a big screw driver through a flex plate and hit the damper bolt with a 3/8th air gun turned down to sub 50 #'s. So it could be done the same in a car with an auto tranny.
old Pontiacs used to spec something really stupid like 150 ft lbs or such.....another silly number, just ignored...4 taps with the lug hammer.....
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From: Pittsburgh suburbs Pa.
I made a special tool that works if the engine is out and on a stand. It bolts to the block and has teeth that engage the flywheel teeth to keep it from turning. It also works great for installing clutch and pressure plate.
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Unreconstructed, South Carolina
I use loctite elsewhere but I don't much like loctite on damper bolt ... never used it on chevy d bolt ... not even race chevy. Not saying loctite's wrong ... to each his own.
